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(No Model.)

T. M. KENNEY.

CASH CARRIER.

No. 416,923, Patented Dec. 10,- 1889.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS M. KENNEY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To THE AMERICAN STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,923, dated December 10, 1889.

I Application filed April 30, 1887. Serial No. 236,621. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: or plungers g h, that are fitted to slide easily Be it known that I, THOMAS M. KENNEY, in the said tube. of Cambridge, county of Middlesex, State of The plunger g is provided with a' projec- Massachusetts, have invented an Improvetion g ,that projects out from the slit f in the 5 ment in Cash-Carriers, of which the followtube, and is preferably provided with a cushing description,in connection with the accomion of rubber or other yielding material. panying drawings, is a specification, like let- The said plunger g is acted upon by the ters on the drawings representing like parts. stout spring 2', connected with the forward My invention relates to an apparatus for end of the tube and tending to draw the said 1c conveying cash or small articles back and plunger toward the forward end of the tube.

forth between different stationsas, for eX- The said spring 2' maybe aspiral wire spring, ample, between the counters and the cashand preferably has a core of rubber t" drawn iers desk of a store. into it, as shown in Fig. at, so as to form a My invention is embodied in an apparatus somewhat yielding cushion for the forward I5 of that kind in which the carrier travels movement of the plunger g when suddenly alonga track which may consist of a stretched drawn forward from the rear end of the tube. wire; and the invention relates especially to The said plunger g, with its projection g the means for propelling the carrier along and actuating-spring 1', constitutes the car the said track by giving it an impulse at the rier-propelling device. The plunger h is also 7 :0 station at either end of the track sufficient provided with a projection h, extending out to carry it across to the other station. from the slit f of the tube and having piv- Theinvention consists in novel combinaoted to it a pair of books 70, which, when the tions of devices hereinafter specified. said plunger h is next. to the plunger g, as

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of shown in Fig. 1, receive the projection g be- 2 5 a cash-carrier apparatus embodying this intween them and have their engaging-shoulvention, portions being broken away and ders a short distancein front of the said proshown in section; Fig. 2, a plan view of a jection g, as shown. Alight spring m tends portion of the device, and Figs. 3 and 4 secto force the plunger it toward the forward end tional details on a larger scale. of the tube and retain it in contact with the s The track a and carrier 1) may be mainly plunger g. A cord or actuating device or is of the usual construction, said track being connected with the hooks 7t and extends over shown as a wire stretched tightly between a pulley n, pivoted in the lower end of the the points or stations between which the carbracket e, the said cord at being provided rier is to travel, and the said carrier consist-s, with a suitable handle of within reach of the essentially, of a receptacle 0, connected by operator. 4 suitable frame-work with wheels'd, that run The frame of the carrier comprises a memon the said track. her a, supported on an arch or yoke ciwhich At the terminal stations propelling devices extends over the tube f and is connected are provided, the mechanism of which is with the wheels 61 above the said tube and o shown as supported on abracket 6, supported with the member 0 below the tube, said in proper position with relation to the track member 0 being at the level of the ends of a, as by a rod 6', connected with the ceiling the hooks k and provided with lateral proor other suitable frame-work overhead, the jections a which, as the carrier comes into said track a passing through said-bracket, the station, strike the beveled ends of the 5 which may have a tube (2 fastened to it to hooks in, and, passing over them, are engive a considerable bearing on the track. At gaged by the said hooks, as shown in Fig. 1, a short distance below the track a tube f is the carrier being arrested by the cushion ed fastened upon the said bracket e, projecting projection g from the plunger g, the spring 41 therefrom in a direction parallel with the of which yields as the carrier comes in, so as too 50 track. The said tube is split along its under to arrest the carrier without too great shock. side, as shown at f, and contains two heads When the carrier is to be sent along the track to the other station, the operator pulls on the handle 01 which draws the hooks 7c backward, and the said hooks constitute a carrier-engaging device, which in turn draws the carrier, and the latter pushes the plunger g with it, straining the spring 2'. When the said spring 2' is strained sufficiently to give the proper force to send the carrier the required distance, the hooks or engaging device 70 is disengaged from the projections 0 of the carrier, thus releasing the same and permitting the spring 2' to act upon it through the intervention of the plunger g and projection g. The hooks k are thus disengaged at the proper time by a disengaging device 0, shown as consisting of two inclined arms connected with a collar 0, fastened at the proper point on the tube f by a suitable clamping device or setscrew 0 The said inclined arms 0 engage pins 10 projecting from the hooks 70, as the latter are drawn back by the cord n,thus pressing the hook downward out of engagement with the projections c of the carrier and releasing the latter, which is immediately shot forward by the action of the spring 2'. As soon as the operator relieves the pressure on the handle 97. the spring we carries the plunger 7:. forward to the plunger g, thus placing the hooks 7c in proper position to engage with the carrier upon its return from the other station.

The receptacle 0 may be fastened to the carrier in any suitable manner, being detachable for the purpose of removing or changing its contents, or it may remain connected with the carrier but be arranged to open or be drawn down from the carrier in any suitable or usual manner, as the special construction of the carrier forms no part of the present invention except in the particulars required for its proper co-operation with the propelling device.

The tube f is merely a guide and support for the plungers g h and their actuatingsprings, and it is obvious that any other suit-' able guide might be used, although the tube is especially desirable, as it aifords protection for the parts from accidental derangement as well as from access of dust or dirt.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the track, of the guide tube substantially parallel with the said track and provided with a longitudinal slit, a plunger and spring connected therewith inclosed in said tube, said plunger being provided with a carrier-engaging projection extending out through the slit in said tube, and a second plunger in said tube and connected carrier-engaging hooks, and means for moving the latter along said tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the track and slitted guide-tube with the plunger 9 and connected actuated spring 2', and theplunger h and actuating-spring therefor, and the carrier-engaging hooks lc, connected with the said plunger h and operated substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. THOMAS M. KENNEY. \Vitnesses:

J os. P. LIVERMORE, JAs. J. MALoNEY. 

